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                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                             )              
                                                    )
Amendment of Section 73.202(b),              )      MM Docket No. 97-44 
Table of Allotments,                         )      RM-8974
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )    
(Mills, Wyoming)                             )                                                   

                                     REPORT AND ORDER
                              (Proceeding Terminated)

       Adopted:  December 17, 1997;             Released:  January 9, 1998      

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

       1.  At the request of Mountain Tower Broadcasting ("petitioner), the Commission has
before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 1263 (1997), proposing the
allotment of Channel 288A at Mills, Wyoming, as the community's first local aural transmission
service.  Petitioner filed comments in support of the proposal reaffirming its intention to apply
for the channel, if allotted.   No other comments were received.

       2. We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 288A at Mills,
Wyoming, since it would provide the community with its first local aural transmission service. 
An engineering analysis has determined that Channel 288A can be allotted to Mills in
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at city reference
coordinates.  
       3.   Accordingly, pursuant to the authority found in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g) and (r)
and 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and
0.283 of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED, That effective February 23, 1998, the FM
Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect
to the community listed below, to read as follows:


                      City                                         Channel No.

               Mills, Wyoming                              288A                           
                                                                                        
       4.  A filing window for Channel 288A at Mills, Wyoming,, will not be opened at this
time.  Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this channel will be addressed by the
Commission in a subsequent order.
   
       5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

       6.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Sharon P. McDonald,
Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  Questions related to the window application filing process
should be addressed to the Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2700. 
                                                                                                 
                                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION         
                

                              
                                           John A. Karousos
                                           Chief, Allocations Branch
                                           Policy and Rules Division                           
                                           Mass Media Bureau